The archaeology of the Iberian Peninsula : from the Palaeolithic to the Bronze Age / Katina T. Lillios.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lillios, Katina T., 1960- author.

Series:

Cambridge world archaeology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Archaeology--Iberian Peninsula.

Archaeology.

History.

Prehistoric peoples.

Antiquities.

Iberian Peninsula--Antiquities.

Iberian Peninsula.

Prehistoric peoples--Iberian Peninsula.

Iberian Peninsula--History.

Europe--Iberian Peninsula.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 387 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2020.

Summary:

"In this book, Katina Lillios provides an up-to-date synthesis of the rich histories of the peoples who lived on the Iberian Peninsula between 1,400,000 (the Paleolithic) and 3500 years ago (the Bronze Age) as revealed in their art, burials, tools, and monuments. She highlights the exciting new discoveries on the Peninsula, including the evidence for some of the earliest hominins in Europe, Neanderthal art, interbreeding between Neanderthals and modern humans, and relationships to peoples living in North Africa, the Mediterranean, and western Europe. This is the first book to relate the ancient history of the Peninsula to broader debates in anthropology and archaeology. Amply illustrated and written in an accessible style, it will be of interest to archaeologists and students of prehistoric Spain and Portugal"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Setting the stage : the history of Iberian archaeology and geography of the Iberian Peninsula

The first Iberians and last Neanderthals : the Lower and Middle Paleolithic (1,400,000-35,000 BP)

The first modern humans in Iberia : the late Pleistocene/Upper Paleolithic (42,000-12,000 BP)

The creation of new worlds : the Mesolithic through Middle Neolithic (11,000-3,500 BCE)

The expansion of interregional contacts : the late Neolithic and early Copper Age (3,500-2,500 BCE)

The emergence of ranked societies : the late Copper Age to early Bronze Age (2,500-1,500 BCE)

Archaeologies and histories of the Iberian past.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781107113343

1107113342

9781107533943

1107533945

OCLC:

1098217085